Shōko Shūseikan

Shōko Shūseikan
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Shūseikan
LocationKagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan
Part ofSites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining
CriteriaCultural: (ii), (iv)
Reference1484
Inscription2015 (39th Session)
Coordinates31°37′02″N 130°34′35″E / 31.61722°N 130.57639°E / 31.61722; 130.57639
Location of Shōko Shūseikan in Kagoshima Prefecture
Shōko Shūseikan (Japan)


The Shōko Shūseikan (旧集成館, Shōko Shūseikan) is the site of a pre-modern industrial complex created in the Bakumatsu period by Satsuma Domain in the city of Kagoshima Japan. It was designed a National Historic Site, with the designation expanded in 2013. (ID1484-006) It was later designed as a component of the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining, which received UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2015.